Medial fascial compartment of thigh

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The medial fascial compartment of thigh contains the hip adductors.

The obturator nerve is the primary nerve supplying this compartment.

The muscles in the compartment are:

* gracilis
* adductors
* adductor longus
* adductor brevis
* adductor magnus

The obturator externus muscle is sometimes considered part of this group,[1][2][3] and sometimes excluded.[4] (Spatially, it is it in this location, but functionally, it is more similar to the other lateral rotator group muscles).

The pectineus is sometimes included in this group,[1][3] and sometimes excluded.[2][4] (It has the same function as the others in this group, but different innervation.)

## References

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1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Ellis, Harold; Susan Standring; Gray, Henry David (2005). Gray's anatomy: the anatomical basis of clinical practice. St. Louis, Mo: Elsevier Churchill Livingstone. ISBN 0-443-07168-3.CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Sauerland, Eberhardt K.; Patrick W., PhD. Tank; Tank, Patrick W. (2005). Grant's dissector. Hagerstwon, MD: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. p. 129\. ISBN 0-7817-5484-4.CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Kyung Won, PhD. Chung (2005). Gross Anatomy (Board Review). Hagerstwon, MD: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. p. 123\. ISBN 0-7817-5309-0.
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Summary of Lower Limb". Retrieved 2008-01-27.

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